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Extraordinary creatures from David Attenborough's 'Life' - and where to spot them. Mudskipper These remarkable fish have adapted their gills to hold water when out of the sea and have turned their pectoral fins into walking aids in order to...

Over the past two odd decades, there have been many dogs which have been featured in the Guinness book of world records for their extremities. Leading the list of such hounds is Hercules, an English Mastiff, which was inducted in...

Crocodile is a reptile that belongs to Crocodylidae family and Crocodilia order. Found inhabiting the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia, it looks like a huge lizard. Probably the most formidable of all reptiles, a crocodile has as...

The South African Air Force (SAAF) has established a Board of Inquiry for an unusual accident last week in which a civilian passenger accidentally ejected from a trainer during tight manoeuvres. Times Online quoted an unnamed SAAF spokesman saying: “Much...

It is generally acknowledged, and far be it for me to argue, that the force of gravity exerted by the moon on the Earth is strong enough to raise the level of the oceans, thereby bringing about the tides. Now,...